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MathChat Thursdays at Lunch

Are you interested in joining in a Math Chat on Thursdays at lunch? Join me from 12-1 to talk about how your remote learning math teaching is going and to ask any questions/find resources or even just to connect with others. Feel free to drop in any Thursday!  Join on Zoom at this link , Meeting ID: 586 779 1012

Gauss/Abel/Mirzakhani

As you may know, the Gauss contest for this year has been cancelled. However, we are still going ahead with the Gr 5 and below Abel and the Gr 6 and below Mirzakhani contests. They have been pushed back to May 20-21, and I will be sending links to the school for students to write on-line. They will be asked to complete an Honour Pledge to indicate the work is their own, unaided by the computer.  Details to contest organizers and head teachers by Friday of this week (May 15).

Winners!

From the blog contest to win a Marian Small Open Questions resource:

English–Allison Tze from Twelfth Ave

French–Dana Herdman from Aubrey

Look out for an e-mail from me to set up delivery of your prizes.

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That was a fine webinar…

Hi All!

Yesterday’s professional development day was very interesting. Not in the least because we got to meet Marian Small…even if it WAS virtually. But also, I had the same experience that you are all having. Giving a workshop or class on-line is so much different from doing it in person. I struggle with the lack of participant feedback in the moment, and it makes it so hard to gauge if what one is doing is worthwhile or landing or whether you are completely bored and scrolling Tik-Tok.. I can see the same thing on the faces of comedians when I watch the Saturday Night Live “At Home” version. I’m understanding why almost none of the teachers I talk to think that this virtual learning is an improvement.

You have been quite heroic in your transfer to the on-line environment. It has taken until today (Apr 28) for parliament to be able to meet virtually, yet here you have transformed our classrooms so quickly. Take a moment to be pleased with what you have achieved.

You can look at the videos of Marian’s workshop and my workshop on assessment at the Continuing Learning Sharepoint.  Here is Marian’s document Big Ideas for Each Grade. And the documents from my webinar on assessment are available to Burnaby staff here.

I know you are excited to enter the draw to receive a copy of one of the Open Questions resources. Just write  a comment below, mention your grade level and if you teach in English or French and I will put you in a draw. Deadline for the contest is May 1 at 4 pm!

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Tech Tools for Teachers

Teachers, are you looking for an on-line math resource to help at this time? The following companies have made their resources available from now to June 30, so you can sign up your classes. But please choose carefully, we don’t want to overwhelm ourselves or our students with too many platforms:

For K-3:  Zorbits

For K-8:  Prodigy

For K-10:  Knowledgehook